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Databases of Plant Species
-cover crops, agroforestry
and other (primarily) tropical flora-

The following entries contain lists of and information on cover crops, trees, shrubs, and other plants, many of which are useful for soil health management.

  • The searchable UC SAREP Online Cover Crop Database (USA) contains over 40 plant descriptions for temperate and tropical cover crops species.

  • ILDIS, the International Legume Database and Information Service is a searchable (by species name) database of legume species found worldwide. Available information on each species includes scientific and common names, geographical distribution, and literature references.

  • The searchable Illustrated Legume Genetic Resources Database, a Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Genebank Project contains photos and descriptions useful legumes, including many green manure/cover crops species.

  • LEXSYS (Legume Expert SYStem) is a downloadable (via ftp) searchable database of herbaceous legumes (91 data fields) and a program that allows searching the database using 47 selection criteria. It was developed by researchers in Africa who are interested in integrating legumes into farming systems.

  • FAO Grasses & Legumes Index

  • A Forage Grasses Database is maintained on the University of Hawaii at Manoa's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources

  • Better Pastures for the Tropics and Subtropics, maintained by the Tropical Grassland Society of Australia Inc, allows you to find forage species suited to specific conditions

  • Purdue NewCROP Resource On Line Program

  • USDA NRCS Plants Database can be searched by common or scientific name and contains taxonomic, geographic and other information.
  • VAST (VAScular Tropicos) is a searchable nomenclature database for plants of the tropics built by the Missouri Botanical Gardens.

  • The Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript
    Plant Name     database includes extensive information on plant names, and for some plant groups, photos and otherl resources.

  • Plants for a Future has developed a species database for almost 7000 useful plants, many of which are useful for soil health.

  • Agroforester.net has developed this table of 24 agroforestry tree species and their uses, preferred climate conditions, tolerances, and sizes.

  • 150 tree and shrub species are listed alphabetically by scientific name on this Sustainable Trees and Shrubs site from the University of Rhode Island (USA).

  • A plant descriptions database for plants of the tropics is available through Raintree.com. Species are arranged alphabetically by common name, species name, disorder/action, property/action, and recorded ethnobotany uses.

  • An alphabetical list of Fact Sheets on multipurpose tree species is available through Winrock International.

  • A tree species reference and selection guide which can be searched or browsed by botanic or common name, and a database of botanic nomenclature for agroforestry tree species are both available from the World Agroforestry Centre.

 
 

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